Coming off a stunning two-point loss to Dixon at home on Friday, the Stallions rebounded Tuesday night with a solid 70-61 win at Jones Senior to remain tied atop the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference with East Carteret.

Southwest (14-3, 6-1) plays host to East Carteret (16-5, 6-1) on Friday night with first place on the line in the conference with just one week left in the regular season. Jones Senior fell to 4-14 and 0-7.

East Carteret prepared for Friday night’s showdown with a 93-48 victory Tuesday night over Lejeune.

“We did some good things tonight,” Southwest coach Tommy Barnes said. “This was a big win, especially after getting beat by Dixon and going into the Friday night contest with East Carteret. We get some momentum back and some confidence. So it was big.”

Jeffery Williams led Southwest with 21 points while Corey Wohlever added 20 and 14 rebounds. Jones Senior was led by Miguel Foy with 23 points.

n Croatan 61, East Duplin 57, OT: Marshall Smith scored 22 points to lead three players in double figures as Croatan downed East Duplin in overtime in an East Central 2-A Conference game in Beulaville.

The Panthers rallied from a 38-25 deficit after three quarters by outscoring the Cougars 25-12 in the fourth quarter to force overtime. But Croatan outscored East Duplin 11-7 in the extra period to escape with the win.

n Dixon 66, Pamlico 65 OT: Curtis Trexel scored 14 points to lead five players in double figures as Dixon followed up its upset of Southwest with an overtime win over Pamlico in Coastal Plains 1-A Conference play.

The Bulldogs, who are now 6-15 and 3-4 in the CPC, got 12 points from Jaylen Mitchell, Daniel Page and Robbie Wyble and 10 from Trent Marshburn.

n White Oak 42, Washington 24: White Oak outscored Washington 33-13 in the second half after a different halftime approach by coach Carolyn Ashdown to pick up a road win in the Coastal 3-A Conference game.

After the Vikings (13-8, 5-6) missed a multitude of layups in the first half, which ended with White Oak down 11-10, Ashdown didn’t take her team to the locker room.

“We just stayed out on the court and did layup drills and then we did shooting drills,” she said. “And then I gave just a little pep talk and told them to put the ball in the basket. They came out strong in the second half.”

Lyric Levester had 11 points to lead the Vikings, but Ashdown also pointed to D.J. Miller as a big key with 9 points and 4 rebounds.

n Lejeune 64, East Carteret 36: Chatori Major poured in 32 points to lead three players in double figures as top-ranked Lejeune remained undefeated, downing East Carteret in a Coastal Plain 1-A Conference game in Beaufort.

The Devilpups (17-0, 7-0) led 27-16 at halftime and then outscored the Mariners 37-21 in the second half to win going away.